Together with successful a gold medal in his first-ever Olympics, Stephen Curry tells Natasha Dye of Folks Journal that the expertise was memorable as a result of he acquired to staff up with long-time rival LeBron James. Like many others, Curry was impressed by the extreme work ethic James displayed with Group USA.
“All of the battles we’ve had on the courtroom and the forwards and backwards, the truth that we really acquired to be teammates, not simply in any sport like an All-Star sport or no matter, however in excessive stakes basketball with lots on the road … I believe there’s a deepened respect and friendship there,” Curry stated. “Hopefully, there will probably be extra experiences sooner or later, even when we’re teammates or not.”
Curry added that he’s particularly excited as the beginning of his sixteenth season with the Warriors attracts close to. He’s desirous to show that the staff can keep within the hunt for a title with out Klay Thompson, who left for Dallas through the offseason.
“I like the truth that folks don’t suppose we are able to hold the tempo with a few of the different groups that they’re selecting within the West,” Curry stated. “And I simply love that problem of stepping right into a coaching camp and with the ability to create your personal success — that will get me going. And clearly coming off of this Olympic expertise, I’m making an attempt to channel that power all 12 months.”
There’s extra on the Warriors:
- Throughout an look Tuesday on “The Immediately Present,” Curry expressed a need to complete out his profession with Golden State, relays Tristi Rodriguez of NBC Sports activities Bay Space. Curry didn’t point out that he plans to name it quits any time quickly, however he stated he needs to be remembered as a one-team participant.
- Michael Pina of The Ringer examines the staff’s probabilities of making one other title run earlier than Curry retires. He notes that the entrance workplace unsuccessfully tried to commerce for Paul George and Lauri Markkanen this summer time, leaving Curry with no teammates able to taking part in at an All-Star stage. Pina observes that Curry’s one-year extension offers basic supervisor Mike Dunleavy Jr. extra time to improve the roster, but it surely doesn’t ease the sense of urgency that exists with the staff’s high star heading for his thirty seventh birthday earlier than the season ends.
- Golden State’s cautious strategy to roster constructing dates again to an ill-fated commerce for Kelly Oubre in 2020, in accordance with Monte Poole of NBC Sports activities Bay Space. After Thompson was misplaced to a season-ending harm, proprietor Joe Lacob was “the driving power” behind buying Oubre regardless of objections from then-general supervisor Bob Myers and the teaching workers. Since then, Poole provides, the group has focused on strikes that complement the core of the staff reasonably than making an attempt to increase it. Via that prism, sources inform Poole that Pelicans ahead Brandon Ingram is seen as too dangerous, and Poole describes the probabilities of an Ingram commerce as “minuscule.”
